Hi,
Replying to Stephen’s email as he was the first to reply to the 4-week last call even if my reply is not on Stephen’s supportive point ;-)
As there is about 1 week left for this last call, and as some concerns were raised about the copyright, process, ... let me shed some lights on these topics as the sponsored
AD for this IETF draft:
- it is indeed an AD-sponsored IETF draft as RFC 8110 was (i.e., not really fitting an existing WG)
- with the authors, I have checked with the IESG, the IEEE (there is a liaison statement for this I-D), and of course the IETF trust
The trust clearly stated about the I-D authors: “As authors they hold a shared copyright with the IETF Trust and they both have the ability to give the IEEE the needed
rights” and “the IETF Trust will continue in perpetuity to hold its currently held shared rights with the authors on RFC8110 which means that RFC8110 will remain available to the IETF to use” (even if I have hard time to figure out why would we do so).
Hope this clarifies completely the context for this unusual draft. We keep learning every day :-)
Regards,
-éric
From: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, 7 August 2024 at 22:41
To: last-call@xxxxxxxx <last-call@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee@xxxxxxxx <draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Last-Call] Re: Last Call: <draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee-02.txt> (Transferring Opportunistic Wireless Encryption to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group) to Informational RFC
Hiya,
In case it's useful, I think this transfer makes sense
technically, as well as (presumably) organisationally.
Opportunistic security is a worthwhile thing, but it's
even better when we can do better - that ought be more
likely to happen in IEEE.
Cheers,
S.
On 07/08/2024 19:02, The IESG wrote:
>
> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the
> following document: - 'Transferring Opportunistic Wireless Encryption to the
> IEEE 802.11
> Working Group'
> <draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee-02.txt> as Informational RFC
>
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
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> Abstract
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>
> RFC8110 describes Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), a mode
> that allows unauthenticated clients to connect to a network using
> encrypted traffic. This document transfers the ongoing maintenance
> and further development of the protocol to the IEEE 802.11 Working
> Group.
>
> This document updates RFC8110 by noting that future work on the
> protocol described in RFC8110 will occur in the IEEE 802.11 Working
> Group.
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>
>
> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee/
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